“Friends” director James Burrows writes in his new memoir that producers nearly recast Ross’ wife Emily, played by Helen Baxendale. In his new memoir “Directed By James Burrows,” he writ ...

James Burrows is a man of many monikers. He has been called the Sitcom Sorcerer, the Willie Mays of Directing and the Obi-Wan Kenobi of Sitcoms, to name a few. The credit of “Directed by James ...

From top, left to right: BTS of Nicholas Lyndhurst, director James Burrows, Anders Keith, Jess Salgueiro, Kelsey Grammer, Jack Cutmore-Scott and Toks Olagundoye on the set of Frasier Chris Haston ...

Friends director James Burrows never found Helen Baxendale, who played Ross Geller’s wife, “particularly funny,” and felt she lacked chemistry with actor David Schwimmer. That’s one of the ...

When the sitcom “Cheers” ended its 11-year run, its creators, James Burrows and brothers Glen and Les Charles, gifted the show’s crew with Tiffany key chains inscribed, “It was the best of ...